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  • 12:00 AM
  • What a Year It Was

    On today's show: the editors of Smith Magazine pick the winners of our “Sum Up 2010 in 6 Words Contest!" And we'll find out how to celebrate New Year’s Eve in style, even on a shoestring budget!

  • 02:00 AM
  • BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

  • 05:00 AM
  • Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.

  • 09:00 AM
  • BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

  • 10:00 AM
  • It Gets Better
    Hear why Daniel Ellsberg thinks what he did with the Pentagon Papers is no different than what WikiLeaks does. Dan Savage talks about his “It Gets Better” campaign in support of LGBT ...
  • 12:00 PM
  • Discovery

    We’ll talk about the most interesting science stories from 2010. And Louise W. Knight talks about her biography of social activist and grassroots organizer Jane Addams. Then Gish Jen discusses her latest novel, World and Town, which tells the story of a widow looking for a fresh start in a new town. Plus, our latest Backstory and Underreported segments!

  • 02:00 PM
  • Best Live Performances of 2010

    In the fourth episode of a five-part series, Soundcheck highlights some of this year's most memorable live performances in our studio. We revisit sets by Cloud Cult, Regina Carter, She & Him, Seu Jorge and others.

  • 03:00 PM
    Special Programming
     
     
  • 04:00 PM
  • A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

  • 06:30 PM
  • Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.

  • 07:00 PM
  • A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

  • 08:00 PM
  • A hybrid of a talk program and a newsmagazine, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate.

  • 09:00 PM
  • Tell Me More focuses on the way we live, intersect and collide in a culturally diverse world. Capturing the headlines, issues and pleasures relevant to multicultural life in America, the daily one-hour series is hosted by award-winning journalist Michel Martin. Tell Me More marks Martin's first role in hosting a daily program. She views it as an opportunity to focus on the stories, experiences, ideas and people important in contemporary life but often not heard.

  • 10:00 PM
  • Best Live Performances of 2010

    In the fourth episode of a five-part series, Soundcheck highlights some of this year's most memorable live performances in our studio. We revisit sets by Cloud Cult, Regina Carter, She & Him, Seu Jorge and others.

  • 11:00 PM
  • #3153: New Releases, December 2010

    It's the most wonderful time of the month!  John Schaefer sifts through the steady stream of CDs that have flooded his office to find a sampling of new releases worthy of showcasing in tonight's New Sounds program.  From here we can see some acoustic Afro-pop, a heaping helping of Balkan-inspired jazz, Balkan-informed indie rock, and the Sway Machinery, featuring Khaira Arby.  Plus, new music from Stephan Micus, and a Clean Feed release, Billy Fox’s Blackbirds and Bullets.